<p><a href="/goto?url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/" target="_blank">Downloaded from </a><a href="/goto?url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/" target="_blank">http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/ </a><a href="/goto?url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/" target="_blank">by guest on September 27, 2021 </a></p><p>Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 164, 2007, pp. 689–690. Printed in Great Britain. </p><p>Society Awards for 2007 </p><p>WOLLASTON MEDAL—Andrew Knoll for his pioneering and seminal work on the early biological and environmental evolution of our planet. </p><p>LYELL MEDAL—Philip Allen </p><p>for his insightful work on the interactions and feedbacks between the solid Earth and its ‘exosphere’ at their interface, the Earth’s surface. </p><p>WILLIAM SMITH MEDAL—Michael Worthington for research at the interface of theoretical seismology and exploration, especially reflection seismology, seismic wave propagation in crustal rocks, and the relationship between seismic attributes and petrophysics. <br>MURCHISON MEDAL—Herbert Huppert for fundamental contributions to geology and geophysics across a very wide spectrum including dynamics of gravity flows, slumps, turbidity currents and magma chambers. </p><p>COKE MEDALS </p><p>John Murray for his prodigious researches into the ecology and palaeoecology of the Foraminifera. <br>Peter Maguire for his input as a physicist to studies of lithospheric extension, using seismic studies of crust and mantle in both continental and oceanic settings, notably in Kenya and Ethiopia. </p><p>689 </p><p><a href="/goto?url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/" target="_blank">Downloaded from </a><a href="/goto?url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/" target="_blank">http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/ </a><a href="/goto?url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/" target="_blank">by guest on September 27, 2021 </a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">690 </li><li style="flex:1">AWARDS </li></ul><p></p><p>PRESTWICH MEDAL—Frederick Vine in recognition of his seminal work on sea-floor spreading and subsequent work on ophiolite sequences. </p><p>BIGSBY MEDAL—Philip Donoghue </p><p>for his ground-breaking applications of new investigative techniques to the study of early vertebrates. </p><p>SUE TYLER FRIEDMAN MEDAL—Jack Morrell for his historically rigorous work on nineteenth and early twentieth century geologists, as pioneers and leaders in the development of institutional and public science. </p><p>R. H. WORTH PRIZE—Hugh Prudden </p><p>WOLLASTON FUND—Colin Macpherson </p><p>in recognition of his tireless campaigns for the recognition of geology in local studies, his encyclopaedic knowledge of his home county, his work on temporary exposures, and a lifetime of indefatigable effort on behalf of the GA, the Open University, the Devonshire Association and the Ussher Society. for novel work on the isotopic ratios of light elements in magmatic rocks, combining noble gas and stable isotope approaches, and a consistently innovative approach to isotope studies in geology, archaeology and biology. </p><p>LYELL FUND—Timothy Henstock </p><p>MURCHISON FUND—Glenn Milne for significant contributions to our understanding of the evolution and growth of continents and how physical properties can be derived from seismic data. recognizing his important contributions to glacial isostasy, including the use of GPS data to monitor crustal motions following the melting of the Fennoscandian ice sheet. </p><p>WILLIAM SMITH FUND—Bryan Cronin for influential work on deep water sand bodies, their architecture and genesis, which has rapidly won him international recognition. </p><p>DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD <br>Duncan Murchison in recognition of his massive contribution as Society Treasurer between the turn of the current century and 2006. Philip Christie in recognition of his distinguished record of committed service to the geological community in both industry and academe. </p><p>PRESIDENT’S AWARDS <br>Dan Morgan for truly innovative research on the timescales of magma recharge during the eruptive history of Vesuvius. Derek Keir for great imagination and dedication in integrating a wide variety of information to probe three dimensional problems in plate tectonics. </p><p>JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY YOUNG AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2006 <br>Huw Sheppard for his paper ‘Sequence architecture of ancient rocky shorelines and their response to sea-level change: an Early Jurassic example from South Wales, UK’, pp. 595–606. </p>